2010 Endorsements

Notice to Chartered Democratic Clubs/Organizations

Make your voice heard to ensure that EVERY VOTE COUNTS!! Make sure your club is represented at the California Democratic Party’s Pre-Endorsement Conferences in March 2010. The Pre-Endorsement Conferences are the first step in determining which candidates we endorse for Assembly, Senate and Congress.

Due to a CDP By-Law Change adopted at the November Executive Board Meeting, all chartered organization rosters and potential representatives must be submitted to the appropriate Regional Director by December 31, 2009. Remember, you receive one representative for every 20 members registered to vote in a specific Assembly District. Please download the Full Roster and Potential Representatives spreadsheets and submit to the appropriate Regional Director by December 31, 2009. If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Director.

By-Law Changes adopted at November 2009 Executive Board Meeting in San Diego (Changes are underlined)

ARTICLE VIII: ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATES FOR PARTISAN AND NONPARTISAN OFFICE, AND ENDORSEMENT AND OPPOSITION TO STATE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS, INITIATIVES, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL
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Section 2. PARTISAN PUBLIC OFFICES OTHER THAN PRESIDENT
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i. "Pre-endorsing Conferences" are a public meeting of the Democratic Party and shall be held at the regional level prior to the State endorsing convention, and shall be open to all registered Democrats.
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(5) Voting participants at each pre-endorsing conference shall be:

(a) All members of This Committee resident in the district;

(b) All regular County Committee members resident in the district;

(c) Designated Assembly District representatives from chartered clubs and organizations.
1. Representatives from each Democratic Club or other Democratic organization chartered by This Committee or by a County Central Committee in the year prior to the pre-endorsing conference, provided the Chair of the Chartering Organization has certified the validity of the Charter, with such representatives allocated as follows: one representative, resident in the District and duly registered as a member of the Democratic Party of California, for each full (not a fraction thereof) 20 members registered to vote in the District who are duly registered as members of the Democratic Party of California, provided that the organization has provided the Regional Director with a roster of names and addresses of its members and potential representatives on a form provided by the secretary of This Committee no later than December 31, of the year prior to the pre-endorsing conference. Club members who hold dual club memberships may only be counted for representation once. In the event a name is listed on two or more rosters, only one name shall be counted and the Regional Director shall first count the name on the roster of the organization which does not deprive another organization of representation, if possible; provided, however, if that is not possible, the name on the roster which was first turned in will be counted unless the individual is listed as a Representative from another organization, in which case the individual shall be counted only on the roster of the organization sought to be represented.

2. The certifying authority for the representatives referred to in this paragraph shall be the Chair of the chartered organization.

3. These A.D. representatives may vote only in the districts in which they reside.

(6) No proxy voting shall be allowed at pre-endorsing conferences. In order to effectuate notice to all potential voters, and to determine and certify eligibility to vote, it shall be the responsibility of each Regional Director, with the assistance of the relevant County Committee Chair(s) and the Executive Board representative from each Assembly District to identify by name all persons who will be eligible voters at his/her regional pre-endorsing conference and to transmit the names of all such voters to the State Chair, along with the Assembly District, Senate District and Congressional District in which each resides no later than the February 7 before the pre-endorsing conference. A roster of the certified eligible voters shall be maintained by that Regional Director and shall be provided to the Chair of This Committee and to each candidate who has requested consideration. In order to be a voting member of a pre-endorsing conference, an individual's membership must have been certified as indicated herein and his/her name must appear, or have had the right to appear, on the certified roster submitted by February 7. Nothing in this section relieves a Democratic Club of its obligation to submit its roster to the Regional Director no later than December 31 of the year prior to the pre-endorsing conference, as provided hereinabove.